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Interchangeable Coordination Geometries: pH‐Controlled Change of Trigonal‐Prismatic to Octahedral Metal Coordination in a Dinuclear Cobalt( II ) Complex
Author(s) -
Wendelstorf Carsten,
Krämer Roland
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199727911
Subject(s) - trigonal prismatic molecular geometry , octahedron , cobalt , chemistry , crystallography , metal , hydroxide , trigonal crystal system , coordination complex , ion , coordination geometry , metal ions in aqueous solution , inorganic chemistry , octahedral molecular geometry , crystal structure , molecule , organic chemistry , hydrogen bond
Trigonal prismatic at pH 4, octahedral at pH 6.5! A simple change of pH reversibly switches the coordination geometry of a macrocyclic dicobalt( II ) complex. The structural change is induced by bridging of the metal ions by a hydroxide ion (see below).
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